Mother's Day 2022: History and Celebration 8 May 2022

Mother’s day 2022

A mother has different names like mommy, mom, and mamma, but every mother has the same role in our lives. She is a pillar of support for every family. She is the caretaker and gives unconditional love to all. The definition of a mother can be different for every individual, for someone she may be a caretaker, for someone she may be a best friend, and for someone, she is the best cook. We celebrate Mother’s Day to pay gratitude and appreciation to every mother in this world. A mother is such a great inspiration that only one day is not enough to appreciate the efforts of a mother.

State Chief Minister and Governor

This year Mother’s day is on 8 May 2022. The first Mother’s Day was celebrated by Anna Jarvis in the year 1908 to honour her mother Ann Jarvis with a Memorial. Every mother deserves a day dedicated to her by her children and family. She works hard to put everyone together and encourages everyone. Only one day is not enough to celebrate a mother. Mother’s day is celebrated worldwide by expressing our love for our mother.

Buy Prime Test Series for all Banking, SSC, Insurance & other exams

History of Mother’s day

The first Mother’s day was celebrated by Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia in the year 1908. On 12th May 1998, she held a memorial for her late mother in the church of Grafton, West Virginia. Anna Jarvis wore all white carination but as the custom developed people started wearing red or pink carnations to represent a living mother and white carnations for a mother who was dead. After this, it was made a ritual in every state.

In the year 1914 us press Woodrow Wilson declared Mother’s day as a national holiday. This went on for years and after some time people started including others such as grandmothers and aunts who played mothering roles. Anna Jarvis tried to abolish the holiday which was started because of her. She wanted it to be a day, particularly for mothers but people started making it for others too.

Mother’s Day in Different Countries

Mother’s day is an important day that is celebrated worldwide. It defects the importance of a mother in our lives. Every year it is celebrated worldwide and at different times of the year. Every country celebrates mother’s day at different times of the year and below given table will give you a brief about which country celebrates mother’s day in which month of the year.

Country	Celebration of Mother’s day
North Korean	In North Korea, Mother’s day is celebrated as a public holiday on the 16^th of November every year.
Norway	In Norway, Mother’s Day is celebrated in February. The first mother’s day in Norway was celebrated on 8^th December 1919.
Panama	In Panama, Mother’s day is celebrated on the 15^th of May every year. It is also the Independence day of Panama. Mother’s day and Independence day are celebrated together to Honor Juana Maria De Lara for her contribution to the Independence of Panama.

How to celebrate mother’s day

365 days of the year a mother works hard to make her children and family happy and healthy. On mother’s day, people should try to make mothers feel more special. Here we have listed a few ideas to celebrate mother’s day and make your mother feel precious and happy.

another cooks food for the whole family throughout the year, so on mother’s day take her out and celebrate at a beautiful restaurant and have some quality time with her.
most mothers are housewives therefore to make their day special let them go out with their friends and let them do some self-care.
let them relax all day and do all the things she likes. Cook her good food, give her presents and express your love.
you can also have a small gathering with your family to spend the evening.
let her express her thoughts and love for you and express your love and thoughts for her on this special day. Pay your gratitude to her for taking care of you.

FAQs on Mother’s Day

Q1. What is mother’s day and why it is celebrated?
Ans. Mother’s day is celebrated to show appreciation and love towards motherhood worldwide. It is celebrated all over the world on the second Sunday in May.

Q2. When is mother’s day in 2022?
Ans. In 2022 mother’s day is on 8 May 2022.

Q3. Is mother’s day a public holiday in India?
Ans. Mother’s day is celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of me therefore it is not a public holiday.

Q4. When was the first mother’s day celebrated?
Ans. The first mother’s day was celebrated in 1908 by Anna Jarvis who honoured her mother Ann Jarvis with a memorial.

Find More Important Days Here